Publishes Strange Story about Death of 14 Migrant Workers

In a strange story about the tragic death of 14 Honduran migrant workers after the crash of a van that was traveling 60-70 miles per hour on forest roads in Maine, the Globe demonstrated its bigotry against Hondurans last Saturday.

Deep in the bowels of the story were the facts. The workers were all grown men who chose to live in Caribou 90 miles from where they worked. They had a late-model van and drove themselves to work every day. They exercised very poor judgment in driving too fast and a tragedy resulted. It was lucky that no car was coming the other way.

But the Globe didn't tell that on the front page of the paper. It started with a quote from one of its favorite "legal advocates for farm workers" in North Carolina, who said that the company which hired the workers had many violations. But even if that hearsay were true, which no one knows if it is, it has nothing to do with this event.

These men were living as all Americans do. They rented their own lodgings and drove themselves to work. Does the Globe believe that Hondurans are not capable of taking care of themselves and they all need a gringo to care for them?

The Globe quoted a specialist from the Maine Dept. of Labor who said that forestry employers are not required to provide free housing as are employers for agricultural workers.

"Personally, I've always felt that forestry workers were given a bum rap. As I see it, they're doing the same job. If you're planting a rose bush or planting a tree, what's the difference?"

But what does that have to do with the fact that this van was being driven by the workers in a reckless and dangerous manner?

Are we to tell all Hondurans that each will be given a gringo to watch out for them because they are not as smart as we are?

The story reported that the men knew Caribou and were well-liked there. One of them had married an American from Presque Isle. They returned to their own small farms in Honduras each year and some did not come back because they had built a large enough nest egg.

The attitude of the Globe was summed up by one of their friends from the Migrant Farmworker Justice Project in West Palm Beach, Florida. (It's funny but we don't recall seeing any farms in Palm Beach.)

He opined, "There is no one in charge of checking up on them."

So there we have it. The Boston Globe will use any news about anything - even a tragedy such as this - to issue new propaganda whenever it can.

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